Andy woke up and there Sam was sitting in the chair next to her. Wide awake. He looked like he hadn't got a wink of sleep. In fact, he looked pretty haggard. Like he'd even been crying. There were visible bruises and cuts on his face. He didn't even notice she was up. He was staring down at his hands. Andy couldn't imagine what he must be going through. She knew him so well. His mind must have been racing the whole night. He tries to act all tough. Like nothing gets to him, but he has the biggest heart of anyone she's ever known.

"Sam," she said softly breaking the silence and letting him know that she was awake. He looked up at her. His eyes were red and puffy. He'd definitely been crying. "You wanna talk?" She just went for it. She didn't go for the pleasantries of asking the small talk questions. It was pointless. It would just prolong what they needed to talk about it.

"Andy, I – I want to. I just I don't know what to say." He'd been racking his brain all night. Trying to figure out how things could have gone so horribly. How he best friend could be dead. The thought almost made him vomit every single time it crossed his mind. Jerry was no longer here. It just didn't seem real.

"I'm sorry Sam." He gave her a confused look. "Andy you have nothing to be sorry for."

"No, I do. I knew you had feelings for me. The night of the blackout, it meant so much more to me than just it being what it was. If I just had been honest with myself. You never would have taken the undercover job, I wouldn't have been partnered with Kevin. Jerry would…"

"Andy, tomorrow I could walk across the street and get hit by a car. We couldn't have stopped what happened."

They stopped talking for a moment. The silence weighed heavy on the room. On them. They knew eventually they'd talk about everything. Knew they'd have to give statements, not that it was the most important thing right now. What was most important was they knew they'd find a way through this. They had to. No other option.

"Should I have known that Kevin was up to no good?" Andy broke the silence. A question that had been wracking her brain since this whole thing started. She rode with him for six months. He seemed sweet and harmless. I didn't know. Maybe if I'd—"

Sam cut her off. He stood up and move to sit next to her on her hospital bed. He held her hand. Stared in her eyes with that longing intense gaze of his. Him being close it made Andy feel safe no matter what was going on. "Andy, you're a great cop. No one could have known that he was up to no good."

"You would have. You know what, you did. You didn't like him right away."

Sam sighed. "Yeah well, that's not important now. He was your partner you had to trust him. Andy you should probably get some more rest."

Andy nodded. Sam started to move to go back to the chair. But Andy clasped his hand a little tighter. "Will you lie down with me?"

Sam stared down at Andy. She looked exhausted. Even though she'd slept through the night. The whole thing had taken its toll on the both of them. He nodded. They lied in the bed together. Sam had his arm wrapped around Andy. Her head nuzzled onto his chest.

Six months passed. Every day made living with what had happened a little easier. Six months since her whole world was turned upside down. The death of Jerry weighed heavily on Sam still, on Oliver, and on Traci. Really on everybody. The Barada family, Kevin's dad, and sister. They were all locked up in prison. Multiple life sentences. Traci and Andy had to work to repair their friendship. Traci had tried at the beginning not to harbour some resentment towards Andy and Sam but it was hard. She eventually worked through it.

Andy and Sam had been dating for six months. Which was nice. Andy couldn't be happier with him. She wished she had come to her senses sooner when it came to being with Sam.

Six months had passed and things were finally starting to get back to normal.

Sorry it ends kind of crappily. It took me a long time to get this ending. I had a case of writers block. Thanks to everyone for reading and enjoying the story!